:Kumu-Honua

In Hawaiian Religion, Kumu-Honua ("first on Earth") is the first man.Frederick B. Wichman (2003). N_ Pua Aliì O Kauaì: Ruling Chiefs of Kauaì.There are other persons in Hawaiian mythology that can be considered to be the first man; see also Kahiko and Welaahilaninui.

He was created from muddy water in the fashion of steam ascending upwards{{cite book |author1=Abraham Fornander |author-link=Abraham Fornander |author2=Thomas Thrum |title=Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Antiquities and Folk-lore |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j8MqAQAAIAAJ&q=Kumuhonua |publisher=Bishop Museum Press |year=1920 |page=335}} and married to Lalo-Honua; the couple was given a garden by Kāne and were forbidden from eating a particular fruit.

This story may be in whole or in part Christianized.